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‘Bachelor’ friends Rachel Truehart (left) from season 16 and Gia Allemand from season 14: Several of the brunette beauty’s friends say she fought insecurities while on the show.
The sudden death of reality TV star Gia Allemand has left several of her friends and fans in shock — especially after the news the "Bachelor" contestant died of an apparent suicide.
Some of Allemand's friends on the hit ABC show spoke to reporters on Wednesday, saying they knew the brunette beauty had demons she fought to overcome.
"I could tell there was some insecurity going," Reid Rosenthal, a friend and contestant on season five of "The Bachelorette,” told FOX 411.
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Gia Allemand and boyfriend Ryan Anderson in a Twitter photo from May 8.
"Nothing surprises me anymore. I don't know what she needed out of life. It's sad. The last I heard we were supposed to be at an event this Thursday together."
On Wednesday the 29-year-old model was removed from a life-support machine in a New Orleans hospital, two days after her boyfriend Ryan Anderson found her hanging in her home.
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'I love my hair sooo much...’ Gia Allemand posted this Instagram photo on August 5.
"Ms. Allemand passed away peacefully with her mother, boyfriend and other lifelong friends by her side," her family said in a statement.
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'Celebrating just because.' Gia Allemand and Ryan Anderson in an Instagram photo from June 11.
“Beauty and the Geek” host Brian McFayden, who was also close to Allemand, reiterated that she had a lot of insecurities, and was "looking for attention from guys."
"She was looking for love," he also told FOX. "She was lost."
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There has been speculation about whether Allemand and Anderson were on the rocks in the days leading up to her apparent suicide.
Allemand found love with Anderson, 25, a professional basketball player she began dating in 2011.
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'Beach yoga ?????? #NoFilter #Yogi #HandStand #PeaceAndLove' Gia Allemand doing yoga on the beach in an Instagram photo from June 7.
Though speculation about the nature of their relationship shortly before her death has come up — with reports the two were on the rocks recently — on Wednesday Anderson released a statement expressing his love for her after she died.
"Gia was the most beautiful person I knew inside and out, and she always smiled and made everyone else around her smile," it read.
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Three generations: Gia Allemand with her mother and grandmother in an Instagram photo from July 13.
"She had such an amazing impact on my life and anyone that knew her was blessed. All I have left is to cherish those memories we made together and help perpetuate the many values, faith and love that we shared."
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Allemand, 29, started dating NBA player Ryan Anderson, 25, in 2011. ‘She had such an amazing impact on my life and anyone that knew her was blessed,’ he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Those values — and musings of faith, poetry and philosophy — appeared to be a big part of Allemand's online presence shared with friends and fans.
In her final Twitter post Sunday, she quoted the Bible verse Proverbs 21:3: "Doing what is right and fair pleases The Lord more than an offering."
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‘She always smiled and made everyone else around her smile,’ Allemand’s boyfriend Ryan Anderson said in a statement.
And on Instagram, a day before Anderson found her lifeless body, Allemand posted a photo with a passage that reads, "legend says, when you can't sleep at night, it's because you're awake in some else's dream."
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'After a pack of starburst, some new cavities and a 2 1/2 hr flight delay the inner philosopher comes out in me and I want to share my heart and mind with y'all.' Gia Allemand posted this poem to Instagram on July 28.
